Singapore Statutes Online - 221 - Patents Act

Patents Act
(CHAPTER 221)

Part I PRELIMINARY

1 Short title

2 Interpretation

3 Application to Government

Part II ADMINISTRATION

4 Registrar of Patents and other officers

5 Delegation by Registrar

6 Registry of Patents

7 Seal of Registry

8 Powers of Registrar

9 Disobedience to summons an offence

10 Refusal to give evidence an offence

11 Officers not to traffic in inventions

12 Officers not to furnish information

Part III PATENTABILITY

13 Patentable inventions

14 Novelty

15 Inventive step

16 Industrial application

17 Priority date

18 Disclosure of matter, etc., between earlier and later applications

Part IV RIGHT TO APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN PATENT

19 Right to apply for and obtain patent

20 Determination before grant of questions about entitlement to patents, etc.

21 Determination after grant of questions referred before grant

22 Handling of application by joint applicants

23 Effect of transfer of application under section 20 or 22

24 Mention of inventor

Part V APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS

25 Making of application

26 Date of filing application

27 Publication of application

Part VI PROCEDURE FOR GRANT OF PATENT

28 Preliminary examination

29 Search and examination

30 Grant of patent

31 General power to amend application before grant

32 (Repealed)

33 Information prejudicial to defence of Singapore or safety of public

34 Restrictions on applications abroad by Singapore residents

Part VII PROVISIONS AS TO PATENTS AFTER GRANT

35 Publication and certificate of grant

36 Term of patent

36A Extension of term of patent

37 Patent not to be impugned for lack of unity

38 General power to amend specification after grant

38A Search and examination after grant

39 Restoration of lapsed patents

40 Surrender of patents

Part VIII PROPERTY IN PATENTS AND APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS AND REGISTRATION

41 Nature of, and transactions in, patents and applications for patents

42 Register of patents

43 Effect of registration, etc., on rights in patents

44 Rectification of register

45 Evidence of register, documents, etc.

46 Co-ownership of patents and applications for patents

47 Determination of right to patent after grant

48 Effect of transfer of patent under section 47

Part IX EMPLOYEES’ INVENTIONS

49 Right to employees’ inventions

50 Supplementary provisions

Part X CONTRACTS AS TO PATENTED PRODUCTS

50A Application of this Part

51 Avoidance of certain restrictive conditions

52 Determination of parts of certain contracts

Part XI LICENCES OF RIGHT AND COMPULSORY LICENCES

53 Licences of right

54 Cancellation of entry made under section 53

55 Compulsory licences

Part XII USE OF PATENTED INVENTIONS FOR SERVICES OF GOVERNMENT

56 Use of patented inventions by Government and authorised parties

57 Rights of third parties in respect of Government use

58 References of disputes as to Government use

59 (Repealed)

60 Nature and scope of rights under section 56

61 Duty to inform patentee

62 Patentee entitled to remuneration

63 (No Operation)

64 (No Operation)

65 (No Operation)

Part XIII INFRINGEMENT OF PATENTS

66 Meaning of infringement

67 Proceedings for infringement of patent

68 Reversal of burden of proof

69 Restrictions on relief for infringement

70 Relief for infringement of partially valid patent

71 Right to continue use begun before priority date

72 Certificate of contested validity of patent

73 Proceedings for infringement by co-owner

74 Proceedings for infringement by exclusive licensee

75 Effect of non-registration on infringement proceedings

76 Infringement of rights conferred by publication of application

77 Remedy for groundless threats of infringement proceedings

78 Declaration as to non-infringement

Part XIV REVOCATION OF PATENTS AND VALIDITY PROCEEDINGS

79 (Repealed)

80 Power to revoke patents on application

81 Registrar’s power to revoke patents

82 Proceedings in which validity of patent may be put in issue

Part XV AMENDMENTS OF PATENTS AND APPLICATIONS

83 Amendment of patent in infringement or revocation proceedings

84 Amendments of applications and patents not to include added matter

Part XVI INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS

85 Effect of filing international application for patent

86 International and national phases of application

87 Adaptation of provisions in relation to international application

88 Evidence of Patent Co-operation Treaty and its instruments

Part XVII LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

89 Proceedings before court or Registrar

90 Appeals from Registrar

91 General powers of court

92 Exercise of Registrar’s discretionary powers

93 Right of audience in patent proceedings

94 Extension of privilege for communications with solicitors relating to patent proceedings

95 Privilege for communications with patent agents

96 Costs and expenses in proceedings before Registrar

97 Licences granted by order of Registrar

Part XVIII OFFENCES

98 Falsification of register, etc.

99 Unauthorised claim of patent rights

100 Unauthorised claim that patent has been applied for

101 Misuse of title "Registry of Patents"

102 Offences by corporations and partnerships

103 Composition of offences

Part XIX PATENT AGENTS

104 Registration of patent agents

105 Persons entitled to act as patent agents, etc.

Part XX MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

106 Immunity of Office, its officers and Examiners

107 Correction of errors in patents and applications

108 Information about patent applications and patents, and inspection of documents

109 Service by post

110 Extension of time

111 Hours of business and excluded days

112 Government’s right to sell forfeited articles

113 Extent of invention

114 Availability of samples of micro-organisms

115 Rules

115A Forms and directions of Registrar

116 Fees to be paid to Office

117 Transitional provisions

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An Act to establish a new law of patents, to enable Singapore to give effect to certain international conventions on patents, and for matters connected therewith.